I'm digging AEs new drawing tools, especially the polystar. Couple questions though, depending on the angle sometimes the points snap from being points to squared off and back. Is there a way to fix this, or will it be fixed in future versions?

Also, is there a hotkey to pull up all channels related to the polystar?

Unfortunately there are no dedicated shortcuts for shape layers. Some tools will respond to inputs in the manner Ko described while you are drawing elements or use shape modifiers, but that's pretty much it. They will however also obbey the Alt, shift and Ctrl modifier keys when you move or create them just like e.g. masks do.

I mentioned this in the wish list thread, but what I'd like is for AE's Effects Controls palette to gain the ability to display every property group, not just the Effects property group. This would make working with text animators and shape layer contents a lot easier, in my opinion.